methacrylate (AEMA, 98%, Macklin Inc) and [2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl]dimethyl-(3-sulfopropyl)ammonium
hydroxide (SBMA, 99%, J&K Scientific) were employed as monomers
to synthesize the zwitterionic copolymer P[SBMA-co-AEMA] as reported by Han et al.,14 (link) and
the detailed process was illustrated in the
3216 and 4237 Da, respectively, which were measured by the gel permeation
chromatography experiments at room temperature with DI water as the
mobile phase and polymethyl methacrylate as the standard. 1,3,5-Benzenetricarbonyl
trichloride (TMC, 98%, J&K Scientific), piperazine (PIP, >99%,
J&K Scientific), and polyethylene glycols (PEG, 99%) with different
molecular weights between 200 and 800 g/mol were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich
(China). 2,2′-Azoisobutyronitrile (AIBN, 99%), dimethyl sulfoxide
(DMSO, 99.5%), n-hexane (99.5%), sodium hydroxide
(NaOH, 99.9%), sodium chloride (NaCl, 99.9%), phosphate-buffered saline
(PBS, pH 7.4), sodium sulfate (Na2SO4, 99.9%),
bovine serum albumin (BSA, 98%, molecular weight 68 kDa), and humic
acid (HA, >90%) were obtained from J&K Scientific Ltd. (China).
Except for the TMC organic solution, all solution preparations used
Milli-Q water as the solvent.